Soundtrack (Civ6)

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The soundtrack of Civilization VI was written and orchestrated primarily by Geoff Knorr, who was assisted by Roland Rizzo, Griffin Cohen, and Phill Boucher. The themes of each civilization are played as different variations of the same theme throughout the eras, with simple single instrument melodies in the Ancient Era turning into modern compositions by the Atomic Era, symbolizing the evolution and growth of one's civilization throughout the ages.

Main Theme

Christopher Tin, composer of the Grammy winning Civilization IV song "Baba Yetu", wrote "Sogno di Volare" (translated as "The Dream of Flight"), the main theme of Civilization VI. The theme was written to capture the spirit of exploration not only in "seeking new lands, but also the mental exploration of expanding the frontiers of science and philosophy". Tin premiered the work at a London concert in July 2016.

Version of the track	Length
Sogno di Volare ("The Dream of Flight")	3:53
A New Course (Opening Movie)	2:45

Game Soundtrack

This is the soundtrack of Civilization VI as released on YouTube by Firaxis. The main theme, "Sogno di Volare", is not found in this soundtrack. The soundtrack when purchased from digital music distributors such as iTunes or Amazon.com only includes 38 of the 76 tracks.

Civilization	Original Track	Track	Era	Arranged by	Length
American	"Hard Times Come Again No More"	1	Ancient	Patrick McAvinue, Brad Kolodner	2:53
		2	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:12
		3	Industrial		4:41
		4	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	3:49
Arabian	"Talama Ashku Gharami"	5	Ancient	Kylie Hilali	2:38
		6	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:27
		7	Industrial		4:01
		8	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	3:51
Aztec	Nahua music	9	Ancient	Roland Rizzo	1:22
		10	Medieval		2:44
		11	Industrial		3:34
		12	Atomic	Roland Rizzo, Phill Boucher	3:31
Brazilian	"Brejeiro"	13	Ancient	Cesar Garabini, Kahil Nayton	2:44
		14	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:05
		15	Industrial		3:53
		16	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	3:34
Chinese	"Mo Li Hua"	17	Ancient	Bing Xia	1:56
		18	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:36
		19	Industrial		3:35
		20	Atomic	Geoff Knorr and Phill Boucher	3:19
Egyptian	"El Helwa Di"	21	Ancient	Chakib Hilali	2:13
		22	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:10
		23	Industrial		6:03
		24	Atomic	Geoff Knorr and Phill Boucher	5:37
English	"Scarborough Fair"	25	Ancient	Geoff Knorr	2:00
		26	Medieval		4:09
		27	Industrial		3:59
		28	Atomic	Geoff Knorr and Phill Boucher	3:42
French	"Quand je bois du vin clairet"	29	Ancient	Roland Rizzo	3:07
		30	Medieval		3:14
		31	Industrial		3:32
		32	Atomic	Roland Rizzo, Phill Boucher	3:28
German	"Ich hab die Nacht geträumet"	33	Ancient	Geoff Knorr	1:37
		34	Medieval		3:47
		35	Industrial		4:01
		36	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	3:59
Greek	"Song of Seikilos"	37	Ancient	Geoff Knorr	1:22
		38	Medieval		3:13
		39	Industrial		4:19
		40	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:00
Indian	"Vaishnava Jana To"	41	Ancient	Deepak Ram	2:06
		42	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:25
		43	Industrial		4:52
		44	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:37
Japanese	"Itsuki no Komoriuta"	45	Ancient	Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin, Geoff Knorr	2:44
		46	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:05
		47	Industrial		3:43
		48	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	3:40
Kongolese	"Banaha"	49	Ancient	Geoff Knorr	1:58
		50	Medieval		3:43
		51	Industrial		3:09
		52	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	3:05
Norwegian	"Gjendines bådnlåt"	53	Ancient	Sissel Morken Gullord	1:21
		54	Medieval	Roland Rizzo	3:10
		55	Industrial		3:31
		56	Atomic	Roland Rizzo, Phill Boucher	3:53
Roman	"Magna Mater"	57	Ancient	Roland Rizzo	2:00
		58	Medieval		3:39
		59	Industrial		5:39
		60	Atomic	Roland Rizzo, Phill Boucher	4:40
Russian	"Kalinka"	61	Ancient	Andrei Saveliev	2:19
		62	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:57
		63	Industrial		4:35
		64	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:18
Scythian	Original composition	65	Ancient	Sandro Freidrich	1:30
		66	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:56
		67	Industrial		4:23
		68	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:10
Spanish	"Recuerdos de la Alhambra"	69	Ancient	Benjamin Beirs	1:18
		70	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:49
		71	Industrial		4:32
		72	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:13
Sumerian	Original Composition	73	Ancient	Geoff Knorr	2:34
		74	Medieval		3:27
		75	Industrial		3:17
		76	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	3:05

DLC Soundtrack Civilization Themes

Civilization	Original Track	Era	Arranged by	Length
Polish	"Hej ide w las"	Ancient	Roland Rizzo	1:55
		Medieval		2:45
		Industrial		3:19
		Atomic	Roland Rizzo, Phill Boucher	3:00
Australian	"Waltzing Matilda"	Ancient	AJ Block, Patrick McAvinue	2:46
		Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:25
		Industrial		3:42
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	3:36
Persian	"Kereshme" "Reng-e Shalakhu"	Ancient	Kazem Davoudian	2:37
		Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:08
		Industrial		4:48
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	3:46
Macedonian	"Tino Mori" "Buvčansko"	Ancient	Vasko Dukovski	1:03
		Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:10
		Industrial		5:12
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	5:01
Nubian	"Allah Musau"	Ancient	Sandro Freidrich	2:44
		Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:15
		Industrial		4:30
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:16
Khmer	"Khmer Rourm Sam Mawgee"	Ancient	Song Heng	0:52
		Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:43
		Industrial		4:03
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:03
Indonesian	“Rejang Dewa" "Bapang Selisir”	Ancient	Geoff Knorr, Sandro Freidrich	1:35
		Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:33
		Industrial		4:10
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:08

Rise and Fall Soundtrack

The official Rise and Fall expansion soundtrack is found on YouTube.

Civilization	Original Track	Track	Era	Listed Composer	Length*
	"Rise and Fall"	1		Geoff Knorr	3:17
Cree	"The Drums of Poundmaker"	2	Ancient	Poundmaker Singers	3:55
		3	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	5:05
		4	Industrial		4:28
		5	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:28
Georgian	"Shen Khar Venakhi"	6	Ancient	Trio Kavkasia	2:34
	"Tsaiqvanes Tamar Kali"; "Shen Khar Venakhi"	7	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	5:36
		8	Industrial		5:53
		9	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	5:53
Korean	Arirang	10	Ancient	The Korean Performing Arts Academy of America	2:31
		11	Medieval	Roland Rizzo	2:48
		12	Industrial		4:43
		13	Atomic	Roland Rizzo, Phill Boucher	4:42
Mapuche	Traditional Mapuche	14	Ancient	Sandro Friedrich, Phill Boucher	2:38
		15	Medieval	Roland Rizzo	3:22
		16	Industrial		4:25
		17	Atomic	Roland Rizzo, Phill Boucher	4:17
Mongolian	"Pastor Song"; Khoomii Improvisation	18	Ancient	Nature Ganganbaigal of Tengger Cavalry	2:37
	"Pastor Song"; "Urtin Duu"	19	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:28
		20	Industrial		4:46
		21	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:46
Dutch	"Gaillarde L'esmerillonne"	22	Ancient	Sandro Friedrich	2:31
		23	Medieval	Roland Rizzo	3:42
		24	Industrial		4:18
		25	Atomic	Roland Rizzo, Phill Boucher	4:16
Scottish	"Scotland the Brave"; "Bonnie Dundee"	26	Ancient	Kevin O'Brien, Patrick McAvinue	3:03
		27	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:21
		28	Industrial		4:16
		29	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Bouche	4:17
Zulu	"Uthe Ubhuti Asizomlanda"	30	Ancient	Legato	2:36
	"Shaka Mamba; Bayisa"; "Halala"	31	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:54
	"Uthe Ubhuti Asizomlanda"; "Halala"; "Bayisa"	32	Industrial		5:24
		33	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:46

Gathering Storm Soundtrack

Unlike the vanilla game and the Rise and Fall expansion, the whole soundtrack for Gathering Storm was not posted in its entirety on the Civilization YouTube Page. Unofficial copies can still be found on YouTube, and the official soundtrack is on sale on sites such as iTunes or Amazon Music. This version is what the table below is based off.

Civilization	Original Track	Track	Era	Listed Composer	Length*
	"Gathering Storm"	1		Geoff Knorr	2:50
Canadian	"Vive La Canadienne"	2	Ancient	Patrick McAvinue, Cris Jacobs	1:17
	"Vive La Canadienne", The Crooked Stovepipe, "O Canada"	3	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:41
		4	Industrial		4:25
		5	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:26
Hungarian	"Hej Dunáról fúj a szél" "Cinege, cinege"	6	Ancient	Sandro Friedrich, Michal Horsák	1:19
		7	Medieval	Roland Rizzo	3:19
		8	Industrial		4:05
		9	Atomic	Roland Rizzo, Phill Boucher	3:59
Incan	"Siempre Macho"	10	Ancient	Carlos Moises Ambia, Andres Jimenez from Inkarayku	1:42
		11	Medieval	Roland Rizzo	4:00
		12	Industrial		4:21
		13	Atomic	Roland Rizzo, Phill Boucher	4:12
Malian	"Masana Seesay"	14	Ancient	Amadou Kouyate	1:39
	"Mali Sadio", "Masana Seesay"	15	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:23
		16	Industrial		5:07
		17	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	5:07
Māori	"Ka Mate"	18	Ancient	The Te Tini a Maui Kapa Haka Group	1:26
	"Pokarekare Ana", "Ka Mate"	19	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	3:57
		20	Industrial		4:11
		21	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:16
Ottoman	"Ey büt-i nev edâ olmuşum müptelâ"; "Yelkenler biçilecek"	22	Ancient	Adam Good	1:47
		23	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:38
		24	Industrial		4:25
		25	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:24
Phoenician	"Hurrian Hymn"	26	Ancient	Sandro Friedrich, Roland Rizzo	2:30
		27	Medieval	Roland Rizzo	2:45
		28	Industrial		4:04
		29	Atomic	Roland Rizzo, Phill Boucher	4:13
Swedish	"Slängpolska efter Byss-Calle"	30	Ancient	Niccolo Seligmann	1:53
	"Helan Går", "Slängpolska efter Byss-Calle", "Polska efter Pelle-Fors"	31	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:44
		32	Industrial		3:54
		33	Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	3:44

New Frontier Pass

Civilization	Original Song	Era	Arranged / Composed by	Length
Mayan	"Xtoles"	Ancient	Geoff Knorr Sandro Freidrich	2:50
	"Rabinal Achí", "Xtoles", "Bolonchon"	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:13
		Industrial		4:03
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:54
Gran Colombian	"Velo Que Bonito", "Reír Llorando"	Ancient	Geoff Knorr, Martin Vejarano	4:00
	"Velo Que Bonito", Reír Llorando", "Pajarillo"	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	5:26
	"Velo Que Bonito", "Reír Llorando"	Industrial		4:51
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr, Phill Boucher	4:51
Ethiopian	"Tizita"	Ancient	Minale Bezu, Getachew Mekuria	2:56
	"Tizita", "Bati"	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:57
	"Tizita"	Industrial		4:16
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr Phill Boucher	4:15
Byzantine	"Ti ipermaho", "Kontakion to the Mother of God"	Ancient	Martinu Voices, Niccolo Seligmann	7:06
		Medieval	Geoff Knorr	5:03
		Industrial		4:39
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr Phill Boucher	4:41
Gallic	Original composition, featuring Belgian national anthem, La Brabançonne	Ancient	Geoff Knorr	3:20
		Medieval		4:02
		Industrial		4:43
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr Phill Boucher	4:49
Babylonian	Original Composition	Ancient	Andy Lowings, Sandro Freidrich, Geoff Knorr	2:42
		Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:48
		Industrial		4:10
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr Phill Boucher	4:05
Vietnamese	Lý kéo chài, Trống Cơm	Ancient	Thi Vu	3:53
	Lý kéo chài, Trống Cơm, Giăng Câu	Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:11
	Lý kéo chài, Trống Cơm	Industrial		4:50
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr Phill Boucher	4:27
Portuguese	Fado Menor	Ancient	Cordeone	1:28
		Medieval	Geoff Knorr	4:25
		Industrial		4:47
		Atomic	Geoff Knorr Phill Boucher	4:52

Ambient Music

Several hours of Ambient music are found in the game. These additional tracks can be found in this playlist. (Please note that the tracks in the above playlist are not licensed and/or officially distributed by any of the publishers of Sid Meier's Civilization VI.)

Trivia

• The American theme, "Hard Times Come Again No More", was composed by Stephen Foster. Foster's other notable works include "Oh! Susanna", "Camptown Races", and "My Old Kentucky Home."
  • The song is played on a banjo.
• The Australian theme "Waltzing Matilda" is a bush ballad and the unofficial national anthem composed by Christina Macpherson and the lyricist Banjo Paterson.
• The Arabian theme is the Islamic hymn Talama Ashku Gharami, which shares the melody of the song Banat Iskandaria.
• The Canadian theme is O Canada, the Crooked Stovepipe, and the folk song Vive la Canadienne.
  • Two of the ambient songs are the folk songs "Farewell to Nova Scotia" and "The Bold Canadian".
• The Cree theme is based on the "Grass Dance Song".
• The Māori theme is the haka "Ka Mate" and the folk love song "Pokarekare Ana".
  • The ambient music of the Māori is "Hine e Hine", which was played in the Goodnight Kiwi animation. "Mehe manu Rere" is a dream song of love. "Paikea" is a story about a whale.
  • The Maori theme is heard in the latest news when Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, A member of the New Zealand Parliament sang the haka during a session to oppose the Treaty Principles Bill.
  • Ka Mate is used in the sport representing the All Blacks.
• The Swedish theme is based on the drinking song "Helan går". The nyckelharpa player featured on this civ, Niccolo Seligmann, also recorded all the multitracked string parts for all medieval sections on viola da gamba and vielle (medieval fiddle).
• The Greek theme is based on the Seikilos epitaph, the oldest surviving complete musical composition, which was engraved on a tombstone.
• The Gallic theme has a musical phrase taken from "La Brabançonne", the national anthem of Belgium.

Videos

CIVILIZATION VI Official Game Soundtrack

Civilization VI Rise and Fall - Original Game Soundtrack

Civilization VI- Gathering Storm - Original Game Soundtrack (OST)

Civilization VI Gathering Storm - The Sounds of Civ (Pre-Launch Livestream VOD)

Civilization VI OST - America (Teddy Roosevelt) - Ancient Theme - Hard Times Come No More

Civilization VI OST - America (Teddy Roosevelt) - Medieval Theme - Hard Times Come No More

Civilization VI OST - America (Teddy Roosevelt) - Industrial Theme - Hard Times Come No More

Civilization VI OST - America (Teddy Roosevelt) - Atomic Theme - Hard Times Come No More

Civilization VI OST - Arabia (Saladin) - Ancient Theme - Banat Iskandaria

Civilization VI OST - Arabia (Saladin) - Medieval Theme - Banat Iskandaria

Civilization VI OST - Arabia (Saladin) - Industrial Theme - Banat Iskandaria

Civilization VI OST - Arabia (Saladin) - Atomic Theme - Banat Iskandaria

Civilization VI OST - Aztec (Montezuma) - Ancient Theme - Nahua Music

Civilization VI OST - Aztec (Montezuma) - Medieval Theme - Nahua Music

Civilization VI OST - Aztec (Montezuma) - Industrial Theme - Nahua Music

Civilization VI OST - Aztec (Montezuma) - Atomic Theme - Nahua Music

Civilization VI OST - Brazil (Pedro II) - Ancient Theme - Brejeiro

Civilization VI OST - Brazil (Pedro II) - Medieval Theme - Brejeiro

Civilization VI OST - Brazil (Pedro II) - Industrial Theme - Brejeiro

Civilization VI OST - Brazil (Pedro II) - Atomic Theme - Brejeiro

Civilization VI Official Soundtrack - Gran Colombia - Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass

Civilization VI Official Soundtrack - Maya Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass

Civilization VI Official Soundtrack - Ethiopia Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass

Civilization VI Official Soundtrack - Byzantium - Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass

Civilization VI Official Soundtrack - Gaul - Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass

Civilization VI Official Soundtrack - Babylon - Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass

Civilization VI Official Soundtrack - Vietnam - Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass

Civilization VI Official Soundtrack - Portugal - Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass

See also

• Soundtrack in other games

External links

• Music of Civilization video game series on Wikipedia
• PC Gamer video about Civilization 6 music- How Civilization 6's fantastic music evolves through the eras